Jun 17
The England Illegal Money Lending Team, working in partnership with Staffordshire Housing Association, Stoke –on -Trent City Council and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service are inviting the public to a community awareness day which will include a free performance of “Bust” a play which highlights the dangers of borrowing from illegal money lenders Actors from community …
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Jun 17
Over 1000 families from across Stoke-on-Trent have applied for emergency financial help in the last eight weeks. Desperate council tenants are flooding the city council with request for ‘discretionary housing payments’ to help pay their rent. Figures seen by PotteriesEYE reveal in the last two months there have been 1,243 applications for the handout since the …
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Jun 17
Council leader’s from across the region have written a letter criticising Government policy and saying that cuts to local authority budgets cannot be allowed to continue.
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Jun 17
Campaigning group March on Stoke(MoS) are planning another protest rally opposing the city council’s controversial plan to move its headquarters from Stoke to Hanley. The event will take place in Kingsway on Saturday 29 June from 11am until 1pm with entertainment, speakers and children’s fun and games. MoS say the aim of the event is to demonstrate …
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Jun 17
Service remembers Czech massacreA service to remember those who died in a village destroyed during World War II has been held in Stoke-on-Trent. Lidice, in what was Czechoslovakia, was demolished by German forces in September 1942. Stoke formed strong links with the village after city miners raised the equivalent of £1m to help rebuild the …
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Jun 17
Could this be the end for Dick Dastardly, otherwise known as UKIP leader Nigel Farage? An opinion poll published this week shows the surge his party experienced after the recent local elections had spluttered out like a cheap firework. The poll conducted by ICM for the Guardian puts UKIP on 12%, down from 18% a …
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Jun 17
Here are this week’s meetings the public can attend at Stoke-on-Trent City council: Licensing Sub-Committee Monday, 17 June 2013 10.00 am Attendance details Agenda frontsheet PDF 99 KB Agenda reports pack PDF 2 MB Venue: Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent Contact: Sharon Simpson Democratic Services Officer Items No. Item 1. Apologies for absence 2. Disclosure of Interests 3. Determination …
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